Burnley teacher fights to prove cancer caused by classroom asbestos

A FORMER teacher has spoken of her fight to prove asbestos in the classroom has caused her terminal cancer.

Janet Gent, 65, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2012 and believes it is linked to her career teaching in East Lancashire schools.

She spent eight years teaching home economics at the former Walton High School in Nelson and then, after the birth of her son Douglas, returned to supply teaching at high schools and special schools in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale. And while she was left stunned when she first learned of her condition. and now walking any distance and even basic chores are a struggle, she has kept battling on.

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